Antidrip subframe for vehicles.



R. H. & F. H. BACHMAN.

ANTIDRIP SUBFRAME FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19, 1915.

Patented July 27, 1915.

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R. H. & F. H. BACHMAN.

ANTIDRIP SUBFRAME FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-19,1915.

Patented July 27, 1915,

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TllrlTTEl) ET L ATENT REUBEN H. BACHMAN AND FRANKLIN H. 'BACHMAN, OFALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

ANTIDBI]? SUBFBAME FOR VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 27, 1915.

Application filed January 19, 1915. Serial No. 3,079.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, REUBEN H. BAGH- MAN and FRANKLIN H. BAOHMAN, bothcitizens of the United States, and residents of Allentown, in the countyof Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and ImprovedAntidrip Subframe for Vehicles, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description. v

Our invention relates to a vehicle having means to receive drip from thebody of the vehicle, and protect the vehicle parts beneath, including,in the case of automobiles,

the gearing, etc.,

The objects of the invention are to provide a sub-frame and drip panattachment so arranged as to be applied to vehicles of standard makes,without any material alteration therein, and to be interposed betweenthe chassis or frame of the vehicle, and the body; to provide anattachment of the indicated character in which the drippan will besupported between upper and lower cross members, the lower cross membersbeing adapted to rest on the vehicle frame, and the upper cross membershaving end support only on the lower members whereby to provide a freespace for the interposed drip pan and prevent the upper cross membersfrom contacting with the pan to the damage of the latter, due to thevibration of the vehicle.

Other purposes and advantages of the invention will appear from the morespecific description following.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming part of thisspecification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an automobile equipped with our improvedsub-frame and drip pan; Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section on theline 22 Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a broken longitudinal vertical section on anenlarged scale; Fig. 4: is a transverse section on the line l l Fig. 3;and Fig. 5 is a fragmentary longitudinal vertical section illustrating amodification.

' As shown in the illustrated example, the members 10 of a vehiclechassis or frame are of any approved form, and receive the lower crossmembers 11, which preferably for their greater length, are in the formof I-bars in cross section. On the said lower cross members 11 uppercross members 12 are supported. The lower cross members 11 may besecured in any suitable manner to the frame 10, as by bolts 18. Thelower cross members have upturned ends 14, and the upper cross members12 have upwardly extending ends 15 which are offset laterally at theirextremities as at 16 to overlie the upper ends of the upturned ends 14:of the cross members 11. The connection may be completed by screws orbolts 17 extending through the said terminals 16 and into the ends M.

It will be observed that the described construction aii'ords end supportonly for the upper cross members 12, so that the latter are suspended onthe upturned ends 14% of the lower cross members 11 and spacedthroughout their length above the said lower cross members. Theintervening space accommodates a drip pan 20, which is preferablydisposed above the sub-flooring 21, the latter beinglaid directly on thecross members 11. The spacing of the upper cross member, throughout itslength, it will be seen, prevents damaging contact with said upper crossmembers and the drip pan in the vibration ofthe vehicle.

At the sides and front the drip pan 20 has an upwardly extending flange22, the upper edge of which may be headed as at 22. The said upturnedflanges at the sides are re ceived between the upwardly extending ends14: of the lower cross members 11 and the upwardly extending ends 15 ofthe upper cross members 12. The upwardly extending ends 15 of the uppercross members 12 give a depressed position to the bodies of the saidcross members, and on said depressed cross members the body 18, of anyapproved form, is received. The bottom boards 19 of said body may belaid directly on the said cross members. i

The length of the respective cross members and the dimensions of thedrip pan 20 are such that the flanges 22 will lie outside the bottom 19of the body, so as to receive any drip escaping at the angles at thesides of the body. Referring particularly to Fig. 3, it will be seenthat the rear end of the drip pan 20 is formed with a downwardlyextending flange 23 in the rear of the longitudinal frame members 10 ofthe vehicle, the upwardly extending flanges being omitted at the rear.Liquid dripping from the body into the pan 20 will thus escape out ofthe rear end of the pan and run downward on the flange 23.

If desired, the pan may be of a form to prevent the escape of the dripat the rear length of hose, establishes communication betweenthe drippan and a tank 25, the

latter being secured to the underside of the chassis or frame 10 bystraps 26 and bolts 27. A turn cook 28 may be provided on the tank todraw off the drip when desired. In

' this form of the invention the rear end of the pan is upturned as at23*, to retain the 1. An auxiliary frame and drip pan for vehiclescomprising separate upper and lower cross members, the upper membershaving end support from the lower members and presenting a free spacebetween the points of end support, and a drip pan on the lower crossmembers below and separated from the upper cross members, said lowercross members being adapted to rest on a vehicle frame and the uppercross members being adapted to accommodate a vehicle body.

2. An auxiliary'frame and drip pan for vehicles comprising upper crossmembers adapted to accommodate a vehicle body, and lower cross membersadapted to rest on a vehicle frame, the upper cross members havingseparable connection at their ends with the ends of the lower crossmembers, and said members between the ends being spaced vertically, anda'drip pan supported on the lower cross members below the upper crossmembers. I

3. An auxiliary frame and drip pan for vehicles comprising lower crossmembers having upturned ends and adapted to be secured on a vehicleframe, separate upper cross members having upturned ends secured to theupper ends of the lower cross members, and adapted between its said endsto accommodate a vehicle body, and a drip pan supported on the lowercross members below the upper cross members.

4. An auxiliary frame and drip pan for vehicles comprising lower crossmembers having upturned ends and adapted to be secured on a vehicleframe, separate upper cross members having upturned ends secured to theupper ends of the lower cross members, and adapted between its said endsto accommodate a vehicle body, and a drip pan supported on the lowercross members below the upper cross members, said drip pan havingupwardly extending edge flanges disposed between the upturned ends ofthe respective cross members.

5. An auxiliary frame and drip pan for vehicles comprising lower crossmembers having upturned ends and adapted to be secured on a vehicleframe, separate upper cross members having upturned ends secured to theupturned ends of the lower cross members and adapted between the endsthereof to accommodate a vehicle body, flooring laid on the lower crossmembers, and a drip pan resting on said flooring and having upturnededge flanges.

6. An auxiliary frame and drip pan for vehicles comprising lower crossmembers having upturned ends and adapted to be secured on a vehicleframe, separate upper cross members having upturned ends secured to theupturned ends of the lower cross members and adapted between the endsthereof to accommodate a vehicle body, flooring laid on the lower crossmembers,

' and a drip pan resting on said flooring and having upturned edgeflanges at the sides and front, the bottom of the pan at the rear endhaving a downwardly extending flange. In testimony whereof we havesigned our names to this specification in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

REUBEN H. BACHMAN. FRANKLIN H. BACHMAN. lVitnesses:

R. A. SMITH, L. K. HEALEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. 0.

